The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-08-20
NEWS GLEANINGS.

a collision between the British steam
er Norbeton and the Greek steamer An
drea Nagliana, on the 18th, Oft Lizard
Point, resulted in the drowning of sew
en- persons.
The wareroom of the Hydraulic Press
Company, of Mt Gilead, O., was de-
stroyed on the 18th by q fire caused by
spontaneous combustion. The loss is
placed at $50, 600: insurance $4,000.
Ex-senator Aaron A. Sargent, of Cali
fornia, died at San Francisco on the 14th
inst, after an illness of two weeks. He
was 80 years Of age, and had been a
printer in early. life.
The anti-prohibiuOn majority in Texas
Is now estimated at l25 900.
Col. G. 5. Spencer, the pioneer Grim
lnal lawyer, of New York, is dead. aged
b5 wears
Three colored men riding in a wagon
at Newman, Ga, were struck and killed
nv an express train.
Miss Mary Snyder, Of Columbia, Pa,
has just died, after an illness Of seventy
five years duration.
Official returns from all Kentucky
counties except five give Buckner ma
lOrity Of about l3. 900.
One person was fatally injured and
three seriously hurt by the running away
OF street car at Omaha, Neb.
Dan Pleasant, arrested near Franklin,
La, for the murder 0 his step-daush shter,
was shot to death by a mob.
Lawyer +. D. CowIes, Of New York,
disappeared from 81. Lawrence
steamer, and is supposed 10 have
Fred. Hopt was shot to death at Salt
Lake, Utah, for the murder Of John F.
Turner seven years ago. The execution
was in accord with the sentence Of the
court
A. G. Budd, Of Des Moines, Ia, de-
feated e. G. Williams, of Missouri. in
trap shooting at live birds. The score
was "a TO 81, Budd taking the champion
ship Of the United States.
Harrison and Wilson, charged with
leading the mob which tarred the Rev.
Il. O. Rhodes at Lapeer. Mich, were
discharged after full investigation. The
accused proved an alibi.
Baniman, Nelson & Co.'S giant-pOw-
der works across the bay from San Fran
cisco, SIX miles distant, were blown up.
-Four shocks were felt One Chinaman
WAS fatally injured and several other
men less seriously. Windows were pro-
ken in san Francisco by the shock.
Workmen digging up BoylstOn Street,
Boston, for an electric light wire con
duit came upon a number of ancient
81 = near tie E4dtG OF the kTouE1a.
The bones were thrown out with the de-
brIs and Boston il shocked at the desc
Grafton.
The entire works Of the Webber Wa
gon Company, on Eighty-frst Street,
Chicago, were destroyed by fire on the
10th. Loss $4,000. Several tiremen
were hurt.
At New Philadelphia, O, on the 10th,
Christian Baam and a young son were
killed by an engine The son, who was
teaf, got upon the track in front Of a
tram, and the father attempted to rescue
him.
The sswmills of VI. 6J. O'Donneu,
al East Bridgeton, Ont, were ignited by
brush fires on the 10th and DESTROYED.
Loss $4,000. over 100000 feet Of
lumber burned.
Property valued at $4,000 was de-
strOved by fire at Muskegon. Mich, on
the 9th. Insurance about $1,000 The
fires are thought to have been of incen-
diary origin.
The slaughtering department and tank
room Of 7. VI. Sinclair & CO. packing
establishm, Mt at Cedar Rapids, Ia. I
were destroyed by fire on the 9th. Loss,
500. 0.o0; Insurance, $50 600.
The mayor and nineteen Councilmen
Of WIlkesbarre, Pa, have been arrested.
charged with maintaining a nuisance in
allowing the accumulation OF stagnant
water in the streets and vacant spaces
IN the city. Considerable excitement
prevails.
The Third Regiment Band of Concord,
n H.. while practicing on the night of
the 9th, were caught IN trap by the
building catching fire. They were in
the fourth story, and exit by the stair
ways being cut off they were obliged to
jump for it. Seven men were seriously
injured.
The United States land office has op-
ened for entry 26,0OO acres of land un-
earned by the st. Paul !, Sioux City road
in Iowa. The case had been in litigation
fer twenty-three years.
Two employees of the CHARTERS Val
ley Natural Gas Company, of Pittsburg,
were overcome by escaping gas while
making repairs in that CITY on the Sth.
Southern Manitoba was visited by
terrific hail storm on the Sth inst The
wheat was so badly cut down that it Is
said farmers will be unable TO harvest
even seed grain.